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Forecasting southern california earthquakes.

C B Raleigh, K Sieh, L R Sykes

    Science (New York, N.Y.)
    |September 17, 1982
    PubMed
    Summary

    California is experiencing more moderate to large earthquakes since 1978. This increased seismicity, linked to strain accumulation changes, raises the annual probability of a major earthquake to 13%.

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